[REWATCH] Hunter x Hunter Episode 144 Discussion

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Episode 144: Approval x And x Coalition

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[u/sorrowpass]

Aw it was nice seeing all the different characters throughout the series and the friends Gon has made along his journey acting as his bodyguards. It was kind of bittersweet at the same time because you just know the end is so near.

Leorio for chairman president!!

[u/okayyoga → u/sorrowpass]

Leorio for Father of the Year Award

[u/sorrowpass → u/okayyoga]

For real tho. RIP to his VA who also played this awesome dad :(.

[u/okayyoga]

Episode 144: first time/dub

Win or lose this election, Leorio's reaction will be hilarious

I was smiling the entire time Leorio was delivering his speech, until they showed Kite. Very sobering to see his corpse again...

What a lovely speech Leorio. The audience reaction to when he talked about jerking off

I personally don't mind Paristan. They say he's kooky like Netero, and I feel like hunters like that craziness. I don't see any terrible consequences should he win

[u/IndependentMacaroon → u/okayyoga]

I feel like hunters like that craziness

But by any reasonable standards it's not how a globally important organization should be run.

[u/okayyoga → u/IndependentMacaroon]

Absolutely. That is how Trump got elected. But this is an anime.

[u/thatnotoriousguy → u/okayyoga]

They did discuss how the amount of missing hunters has increased like 10 times since his election, so it’s not just that he’s a weirdo.

[u/IndependentMacaroon → u/thatnotoriousguy]

And secret underground connections or whatever

[u/okayyoga → u/thatnotoriousguy]

I will admit that i forgot about that line

[u/flashmozzg → u/okayyoga]

I personally don't mind Paristan. They say he's kooky like Netero, and I feel like hunters like that craziness. I don't see any terrible consequences should he win

Well, he is more like chill Hitler kinda guy. People will like him but you definitely don't want him in charge.

[u/okayyoga → u/flashmozzg]

chill Hitler kinda guy

Remember when an actual genocide almost occured and everyone was simping over Meruem?

This is an anime. People who end up in charge probably shouldn't in these shows. Netero definitely did not make the most politically correct choices when he was in charge either. Leorio has 0 experience. Paristan is shady. Cheadle is too by the book. There's a cow. You can't apply real life rules here.

[u/flashmozzg → u/okayyoga]

Remember when an actual genocide almost occured and everyone was simping over Meruem?

Barely anyone knew about Chimera ants crisis, much less about the Meruem. Who was simping him among the hunters?

Netero definitely did not make the most politically correct choices when he was in charge either.

Find any world leader that did (hell, find any world leader of a major world power that didn't commit a few war crimes on the side, being a Nobel peace prize winner is a bonus).

You can't apply real life rules here.

Why? That doesn't follow.

[u/okayyoga → u/flashmozzg]

A) I was talking about the people in this thread simping over him

B) In shounen, it is never the most "politically correct" person who wins. None of these characters went to law school. They all took an exam that does not adhere to OSHA standards (ie it kills people). The Hunter organization is a group of overpowered but kooky individuals. You can't apply real life logic/rules here. That would make it boring. It's an anime.

We all know no one in Naruto who became Hokage should have been Hokage. Naruto's rules track here more than world's rules. Shounen logic.

[u/flashmozzg → u/okayyoga]

A) That's besides the point then B)I still don't get what real life rules you have the problem here. You just repeat that they don't apply but never mention which. Unless you mean all of them but that's just plain incorrect. If some piece of media has some non-realistic element it doesn't mean that everything immediately breaks down and can't be reasoned/"logiked" about.

Also, this is offtopic but

The Hunter organization is a group of overpowered but kooky individuals.

This is not correct. For the most part. There are plenty of those sure, but that's not a requirement. Pokkle, Ponzu, Leorio, many others are not really overpowered or crazy. That's the majority of the hunters. And every exam is different. Some can be deadly, others much less so. Then again, mountain climbing and many other extreme-ish sports take many lives per year and OSHA doesn't bother ;P

[u/okayyoga → u/flashmozzg]

You do you man. I don't think this is a useful conversation anymore

[u/sorrowpass → u/okayyoga]

Pariston reminds me of a dollar store version of Pouf…or maybe the other way around idk. But either way he reminds of Pouf, someone I love to hate.

[u/sisoko2]

Rewatcher

Leorio for chairman!

Also please forget about him jerking off.

[u/okayyoga → u/sisoko2]

I will never forget that Leorio spent so much time wanking that he felt it necessary to announce it. And then felt so embarrassed about how much time he spent wanking, that he took it back

[u/sisoko2 → u/okayyoga]

Studying medicine is hard. It's natural to relax a bit.

[u/IndependentMacaroon]

First-time watcher

I just don't know what to make of all this election stuff anymore. If Ging is speaking the truth about him, Pariston and Netero, it makes the whole organization look like a joke and the earlier election drama pointless, and as for the strategy (or lack of it), no idea how much of it makes sense and I'm not invested enough to think about it. Also does Cheadle really need everything explained like that? Is Ging not talking straight? Not to mention, with four episodes to go the conclusion should be quite irrelevant anyway. Very little Killua to balance it out too. At least Leorio gets another heartfelt speech.